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Today marks ten months since Charlie Kirk was murdered while speaking at an event in Utah. Perhaps it’s fitting then that today also marks the end of the preliminary hearings for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Kirk. Yet conspiracy theories around Kirk’s death continue to proliferate, reminding us that we often seek explanations that feel emotionally satisfying over those that are simpl...

Graham Platner suspended his Senate campaign in Maine last night after a series of controversies and allegations brought his past into national scrutiny. His story reminds us of the biblical warning, “Be sure your sin will find you out.” What we do today echoes tomorrow, often in ways we cannot imagine and cannot change. While God will forgive all we confess to him and forget all he forgives, the...

President Trump said this morning that he believes his ceasefire deal with Iran is over, the latest development in a conflict that has been going on for months with no apparent end. While we may not feel personally connected to the ninety-three million people living in Iran or those threatened by Iranian aggression in the region, the good news is that God does not feel the same way. The Lord who k...

After the US men’s national soccer team controversy over Folarin Balogun’s suspension, every side had reason to protest what happened. There is something intrinsic in human nature that wants the world to be fair when we think we lose unfairly—but we don’t feel the same indignation when we win. This points us back to the five words in the Declaration of Independence that changed history: “all men a...

As America celebrated our 250th birthday with “Pomp and Parade,” Carly Fiorina asked a question that speaks to our nation’s future: “Do we still have what it takes?” America is unique in that it was not founded on ethnicity, territory, or religion, but on the idea that “all men are created equal.” Yet while we embrace that principle, we struggle to live it out because it requires a degree of selfl...

Iran has ranked among the top ten nations for Christian persecution every year since the Open Doors “World Watch List” began in 1993. As the Iranian government moves to confiscate St. Peter Evangelical Church—the nation’s oldest Protestant church—we’re reminded that believers there continue to face imprisonment, surveillance, and threats for their faith. As we prepare to celebrate America’s 250th...

As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, the story of our nation's birth reminds us that July 4 marked not the beginning of independence, but the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence after months of debate and years of sacrifice. The signers knew they were committing an act of treason, yet John Adams believed “the End is more than worth all the Means.” Today, we reflect on wh...

The US Supreme Court handed down a ruling Tuesday rejecting President Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship and another upholding state restrictions on transgender athletes. However, the Court’s ruling on transgender athletes does not end the controversy. The justices determined that states can constitutionally ban biological boys from girls’ sports teams, not that they must. As our nation nea...

The US Supreme Court handed down several major decisions this week, once again demonstrating a uniquely American principle: ours is “a government of laws, not of men.” As America approaches its 250th anniversary, we can be grateful for the freedom of religion our Founders enshrined as our “first freedom.” But freedom of religion is transformative only if we choose a transformative religion. Today,...

Ranch dressing, the World Cup, and America250: What makes America unique, and what Americans need most Article Description As America’s 250th anniversary nears, patriotism is the order of the day. Amid stories celebrating our nation, one surprising symbol has emerged: ranch dressing, now beloved by visitors from around the world and described as “a face of the nation.” It’s a fitting picture of th...

Rescuers in Venezuela worked through the night Friday to save hundreds trapped in rubble and find thousands more missing in the aftermath of Wednesday’s earthquakes. What happened there could happen here: New research warns that stress on Southern California’s San Andreas and San Jacinto fault lines has reached the highest level in a thousand years, putting the region in a “critically loaded” stat...

After America’s World Cup victory over Australia last Friday, Christian Pulisic shared a photo on Instagram showing several US players gathered in a circle on the field, their heads bowed in prayer. His teammate Mark McKenzie responded by referencing Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 and its reminder that “a threefold cord is not quickly broken” (v. 12). However, such faith is no guarantee that Christians will...

According to a recent Gallup poll, 65 percent of US adults say it would be positive for society if more Americans were religious. With all the bad news in the news, including a “nightmare” shooting in Montreal, a deadly heat wave in Europe, and the rising threat of AI-fueled cyberattacks, surely being more religious would be good for humanity. But is this true? Clearly, while most Americans think...

At least five people have been arrested on vandalism charges related to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. It has been plagued with algae and peeling paint following a $16 million renovation. According to President Trump, the damage was the result of deliberate sabotage. If you’re thinking “only in America,” you’re mostly right. In a pluralistic society where all religions and speech acts that...

British Prime Minister Kier Starmer announced this morning that he would resign from office after losing support within his own party. His departure highlights a fundamental flaw in democracy: what it takes to be elected is not necessarily what it takes to govern. Yet the alternative—unchecked power in the hands of unelected leaders—comes with its own dangers. Today, we consider why effective demo...

Every June, twenty-nine Major League Baseball teams host an LGBTQ+ Pride Night, but last Friday’s San Francisco Giants game drew national attention when several pitchers wrote “Gen 9:12–16” on their themed caps, pointing to God’s covenant rather than the modern meaning of the rainbow. Today, we consider what it means to be “persecuted for righteousness’ sake,” why not all criticism qualifies as pe...

A tale of two women could have ended in a drastically different way. One mother’s decision to alert authorities helped stop an alleged attack on last Sunday’s UFC event at the White House, while another wife remained silent until the FBI arrived. Their stories lead us to a far more eternal question: What if people are not truly lost? Today, we wrestle with the urgency of evangelism, the difficult...

President Trump said Tuesday that he hoped the war with Iran would soon be in the “rearview mirror.” According to Switzerland’s foreign ministry, the US-Iran memorandum will be formally signed at the Bügenstock Resort Lake Lucerne on Friday. As I noted yesterday, Iran has been a constant and deadly threat to Israel, the US, and the West since the 1979 revolution brought Islamic hardliners to power...

The US and Iran announced an interim peace deal last Sunday, though little is known about the exact details. As we consider our conflict with Iran over the past fifty years, we’re confronted again with a question that has been debated over the millennia: How can God be “good to all” in a world marked by brutality and innocent suffering? We know that God redeems all he allows, yet we still find no...

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“Fidelity month” was started in 2023 as a response to declining values in our culture. That it coincides with Pride Month has led many to assume that one is related to the other. Is that the case? The answer to that question points to a deeper truth we all need to consider today.  About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chr...

Graham Platner, a candidate for the US Senate in Maine, has generated national headlines for weeks. Among the controversies he has faced, his wife stated that he sent sexually explicit messages to several women while married. Nonetheless, Democrats in his state elected him last night as their nominee. A Wikipedia “List of federal political sex scandals in the United States” contains ninety-four en...

“Spiralism,” according to Jason Blazakis, is an informal movement in which followers share AI-generated manifestos and what they consider revelations from a conscious machine. AI-worshipping churches such as Way of the Future and Theta Noir are examples of this. A violent version is the Zizians, a network of people who “are convinced that a coming superintelligence will decide the fate of every li...

Iran fired missiles at Israel this morning in several waves of attacks. Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv, and explosions from missile intercepts could be heard over the city. Explosions were also heard in Tehran shortly before noon local time, hours after Israel said it had struck military targets in central and western Iran. If you’re shaking your head at all of this and thinking, “Here we go again,” y...